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re: No Hotel Rooms Available Across the State as People Evacuate the Coast
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:10 am to pvilleguru
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:10 am to pvilleguru
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I said 9 hotels. Not 9 rooms.
Ah, yes you did. Thanks.
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Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:11 am to RB10
I couldn't give less of a frick if any coonass showed up in Gainesville on Saturday. I'm just tired of all the fans' bitching, moaning and bullshite over the weather. LSU people are literally FAMOUS for their crying and whining over things regarding sports. GROW UP and grow a set of nuts!! Either go or stay home...just SHUT THE frick UP!
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:11 am to AlaTiger
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What is your problem?
He's a gump. What did you expect?
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:11 am to AshLSU
LSU fans are projecting the situation in Louisiana onto their perception of the situation in Florida.
Baton Rouge is not just like Gainesville. BR is the 2nd largest metro area in Louisiana and the principal evacuation center for the largest metro area, New Orleans, which is susceptible to cataclysmic damage from hurricanes due to the levee system in a way that Florida simply isn't. Gainesville is the 15th largest metro area in Florida, half the size of Baton Rouge, and merely one of several options for evacuees.
If I'm SEC commissioner, I don't order games to be moved lightly. Last year, with the USC situation, the damage was already done, and we knew the scope of what Columbia was going to be dealing with. This year, LSU fans are begging for a game to be relocated based upon speculation as to possible worst case scenarios. That's a huge difference.
The teams can get there and, in all likelihood, play the game on Saturday. If you are worried about the fans travelling, the simple solution is for Florida to announce that refunds will be given to all ticket holders who request them; if the game is staged with only local fans in attendance, that would be just fine.
If things unexpectedly go south, having a cancellation wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for the commissioner to deal with. On the other hand, setting a precedent that we will move games whenever there is a possibility of a major storm would put the commissioner on the spot every time one of these storms comes up. The presumption needs to be that the game will be played as scheduled, not that we will move the game unless we are sure there will be no problems.
Baton Rouge is not just like Gainesville. BR is the 2nd largest metro area in Louisiana and the principal evacuation center for the largest metro area, New Orleans, which is susceptible to cataclysmic damage from hurricanes due to the levee system in a way that Florida simply isn't. Gainesville is the 15th largest metro area in Florida, half the size of Baton Rouge, and merely one of several options for evacuees.
If I'm SEC commissioner, I don't order games to be moved lightly. Last year, with the USC situation, the damage was already done, and we knew the scope of what Columbia was going to be dealing with. This year, LSU fans are begging for a game to be relocated based upon speculation as to possible worst case scenarios. That's a huge difference.
The teams can get there and, in all likelihood, play the game on Saturday. If you are worried about the fans travelling, the simple solution is for Florida to announce that refunds will be given to all ticket holders who request them; if the game is staged with only local fans in attendance, that would be just fine.
If things unexpectedly go south, having a cancellation wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for the commissioner to deal with. On the other hand, setting a precedent that we will move games whenever there is a possibility of a major storm would put the commissioner on the spot every time one of these storms comes up. The presumption needs to be that the game will be played as scheduled, not that we will move the game unless we are sure there will be no problems.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:13 am to AshLSU
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So, if they are evacuating to that area, shouldn't anyone who has any booked room or place to stay give that up so the people who really need to be there can have those rooms?
Gainesville is not in an evacuation zone. It is mostly coastal areas or along rivers.
Edit: I know people in St. Augustine that are just outside the zone.
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 9:15 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:13 am to coachcrisp
Make me.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:13 am to AshLSU
There's a ton of hotels available in Tamps. Ocala seems mostly booked.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:13 am to AlaTiger
My 74 year old mother who lives near the coast (Ft Pierce) is at a hotel near Lake Okeechobee. She took any place inland she could find. She lives in one of those manufactured home neighborhoods for old people with lakes and walking paths and swimming pools that tend to blow away in hurricanes. I suspect it will be completely destroyed in about 24 hours. 2016 is just such a great year.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:13 am to mattloc
nobody wants to stay in your meth lab loser
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:14 am to coachcrisp
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I'm just tired of all the fans' bitching, moaning and bull shite over the weather. LSU people are literally FAMOUS for their crying and whining over things regarding sports. GROW UP and grow a set of nuts!!
Reminds me of the Gumps in 1988 who begged and pleaded to not to have to go to College Station because their QB was hurt.Gilbert came no where near Houston or College Station.
But keep living in your fantasy world that Alabama is above the fray and does no wrong.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:14 am to coachcrisp
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:16 am to AlaTiger
Total troll failure, yet you keep doubling down. 
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:17 am to Nado Jenkins83
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nobody wants to stay in your meth lab loser
my hospitality knows no bounds...melt on bro
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:17 am to pvilleguru
Found 11 hotels in Lakeland.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:18 am to Lsupimp
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My 74 year old mother who lives near the coast (Ft Pierce) is at a hotel near Lake Okeechobee. She took any place inland she could find. She lives in one of those manufactured home neighborhoods for old people with lakes and walking paths and swimming pools that tend to blow away in hurricanes. I suspect it will be completely destroyed in about 24 hours. 2016 is just such a great year.
I wish her the best.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:19 am to mattloc
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my hospitality knows no bounds...melt on bro
then hand over your wife/sister to anyone who stays in that drug mobile
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:19 am to I-59 Tiger
Did they even have message boards to whine on back then? That was almost 30 years ago.
Serious question.
Serious question.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:20 am to JuiceTerry
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Total troll failure, yet you keep doubling down.
I swear it's genetic!...somewhere in a coonasses DNA, they'll someday find the dominant bitch and moan gene.This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 9:24 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:22 am to General13
no. But trust me. They had sports talk radio.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 9:23 am to Nado Jenkins83
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then hand over your wife/sister to anyone who stays in that drug mobile
sorry yo momma has rented for the weekend
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